loomolnttg gmonni LOCAL DEPARTMENT. Wednesday, Feb. 19, 1SOS. 19" An Apprcntico to ihe Printing bum wll Lo token at tliU office. 9 An excellent cowcun lo purclinseil pplying immeiliately at thin ofllco. . In another column of to-lny'n paper be found a coinptato triiitenirtiit' nnd ro of tlie expenditures and receipts iT this tity for 180". to. Tim riicmbfiti of the Ejiiscopal Con ation of thie, pluco nro tutcinK tup to- is tlie erection of a now church. Sue- attend them. "T)ic Orarifieville Uruw Hand will trivo Ixhibition and Mttsicul ir'uirce at Aeadc Hull, in Oningeville, on next Saturday ling, tlin 22d Inst. dTIm member. and friends of tho St. thcffV Cliurcli, in Catttwissn, will hold a ival on tho 20th, 21st and 22d inst., for benefit of the Church. The public aro iully invited to attend. . nuANURRW I'ltEAS, of CuiltlC tOVfllstllp rtlsrsi in this paper, hN firiiiiiic utensils iber with n litrpu nnd valuable lot of to be Fold on the 10th of March lie will have a largo tale of goo...

AGKICULTUHAL. The Potato. Mr. Gcorgo May, of BentlioH, .'Knlaiid, in hU mto tiy ou tlio ioth give l)c roBult of experiniPlitH nr. 110 trial hl, which may bo rtuiiuti'l up fis followa : . 1. Kvcry incrcn-'O in tlio ie uf tlio eet, from one oonco to rilit oniiccn in weight, produce an increano in tho crop much great er than the additional weight of tho vt plat.te.1. The nut profit, over and ulove tho extra weight of tcU in planting four ounce eoU in liou of ono ounce acta, nmountcl, on the whole tenet ot cxpurinifiit'a to between three and four tonn per acre, and tho lur thfir profit, on the iiioivnetf of the w.rs ol (ho gut fVoiu four ounces to eijiht ounces avera ged about five ton por acre, all tho inter ineJiatec'epH partnkinj pwportionately of the increase. 2. Tho advantrij.0 of larfro fola ih more marked intho laio than in tho early vurid tie. 3. In the ueo of 'nall tot, of from on to three ounce in weight, a lanto iialonco over aud above tho weight of thu Eeta waoltiiin cJ Ly p...

AGRICULTUHA L. The Pofuto. Mr. Gcorgo May, of Bentholl, .'Kiigfoiul, in hU riM cmiy ou tlio pnUto k'wo the result of experimenlH nn 110 triul 1lotn, which nwy bo Mimtiioil up ns Mhwn : 1. Every Inercufc in tlio fire of the cot, from one ounce to onuctit in weight, jiroilueeian inercBHo in tho crop much great er than the addiliorml weight of th ct plai.teJ. The net profit, over anil uWe tho OTtra weiglit of set in planting fiiur ounce eoU in liou of ono ounce sets, omountvJ, on the whole Fcrieaof experiment's to between three and W tonnpov ocre, an J 'the fur ther profit, on the inciv :ie of the mm of the But from four ounces to eijihl ounces avera ged about five tons per acre, all the inter mediate c'op partaking proportionately of the incrcafo. 2. Tho advantajro oflurj.fi eels i more marked in tho lute than in tho early varid tic. 3. In the upo of mall sotn, of from one to throe ounce in weight, a larpo balance over and above tho weight cf the sets wafoltnin cd by planting from six...

TTM. R. JACOBY, Editor. Weduesday, Feb. 36, IMS. UtmocraUc State Coaventlon. Harrirbcro, Pa., Januarys, 1868.' The Democratic State Committee of Penn sylvania have fixed WKDNKSDAY, THE 12 o'clock M., at the time, and the Hall of tba 11 on mc of IteprosentatiYes, at tiarrisj burg, as the nlaee, for holding the annual Convention of tho party. It ia ordered that this Conveution be com posed of one member for each Senator and fcpreacntative, who shall be elected in tho neual manner and they will meet at the time and ph.ee aforesaid, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the officei of Auditor General and Surveyor General, and of "electing Delegates to the National Con vention for the nomination of candidates for President and Vice President The members and committees of the or ganisation and all conservative cititens who can unite with us in the support of consti tutional principles are requested to proceed to the election of the delegates ia their re spective districts. By order...

I f wednciday, teb, 36, 1SSS. An Apprentiw to (lie Priming tun! MM Xrill le talon BMliis-tflfccfl. ?" Wanted. A convenient house for small family. Apply nt tliis nffico. 19 Tine Rev. F. Y. Mono- will rirflnnh in the Reformed Church of this place, on Suhtlay next, nt 10ft o'clock, and at Ilullcr'x Church at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. 0 Tub Nursery (or March 'lian hecn received.- It in an interesting little publico' tion, especially adapted to the young mind. Published in Boston. Single copy 1 S cents, or $1. SO a year. WWi learn that Jacob R. Groul, of this town, is engaged to do the brick-laying on lli'o extension to the Court House. lie is a capital workman, and the people of the county can feel assured in having the Work done right. Killed. On Monday morning of last weefc, Robert Jefferson, a miner living at Mine Hill Gap, Cass Township, accidentally foil down a slope while he was going to work, and broke his neck. He was 4!) years old, and leaves a wife and five children in dest...

VJ e r . , , ... ........ .. ..... ' " :' '.'". . ......... - AGRICULTURAL; How to Trxat Balky IIobsm. If 70a have balky horse, it it your own fault, . tnd not the horses, for if they do not pull true, there Is some cause for it, tnd if you ' will remove the cause; the effeot will cease. When your horse balks he i eioited and does'not know what you want him to do. When he gets a little ef cited stop him Ave or ten minutes ; let him become calm ; go to the balky horse, pat him and as toon as he is 'over his excitement, ' he will, in nine cases out of ten pull at the word. Whipping and sloshing and swearing only make the matter worse. After you havo gentled awhile, and his excitement has cool ed down, take him by the bit, and turu Iiiui each way for a few minutes.as far as you can . pull out the toung, gentle him a little, un rein him, then step before the balky horse and let the other start first ; then you enn take them any where you wish. A balky horse is always high epiritad and s...

V - WM, II. JACOBY, dtorj 4 Wednesday, March 4, 1868. President Jdbnson. The trial of Andrew Johnson, Preaident of the United State, upon articles of Im jwachment preferred by the IIouim of Rep reeeuUKwf, i likely to o on. ibis Is ousrrol, is we havo repeatedly before said, in which the Democratic party have no part, other than as the results may affect, in a fair way, the ttatut of that party and the country. We did not assist hi making An DBiw Johnson President, and since it has so happened that hehae been properly seated in tho chair of the "lamented" LiScoln, we shall, on all proper occasions, so far as bis conduct is concerned, approve the right, and disapprove the wrong. His intercourse with the subordinates which be has seen proper to retain, has not been of the most pleasant kind j and the Democracy of tho country is in doubt whether he or the men he has from time to time appointed are most in fault. The truth is, (and tho truth of tho assertion is made manifest by the tone ...

Ilooraslmrg gmticrat. Wedaeidatt March 4, t86S. Doll. Go. . D. Jackson, of the State Senate, bat our thanks for Logiilatlvo doouinenta. "; . - ! ' " tetSASXXL SnTOBB, late Sheriff of this County, removed " to " Mifflin ' Township, npon his 'farm, last week. ' - , ' . I i i John P. Hess was Inst week appoint ed postmaatorot Polkville, Columbia Coun ty, vioo D. L Everhart, resigned,' " WOT Wi learn that Andrew T. Ikbler, of Greenwood, ha purchased the Ilofel and other property of John J. Stiles, of Ben ton, and Intends taking possession on the 1st of April, Mr. Stiloa retiring from the hotel business. WS'Vfx go to press this week too early for much fate news; and mora especially will our columns Jack late news this week, on account of the non-arrival of the mails, for several- days, on time. The heavy enow storm on Monday lost protty effectually blocked the trains on all roads. MuThe "Coon day," to wit, the second of February, is likely to be "a success." The day on which the coon was...

AfiBICULTUlUL. Tro Trlck orilortf Cared. ftitii- I wm reoount thi Mlow wai called Never Mind. :Boforohe hitched to the wagon, I must acquaint with aiHilW laJ trick be W, though luckily he has not had frequent opportunity to practice it,. When harnessed, if not al lowed to start right off, he will rush hack at a tremendous gait, and it is astonishing how fast he can perform lhiscraw8h move ment. If tho wagon or sulkcy bits anything, ho is sure to break it or tho harness. When I had him at homo, tho inside of the track was planted with corn. At the time I speak of it was just high enough to commence tasseling say six or seven feet. In making his retrograde rush, he backed the sulkey iuto the corn. Tho slightost resistance led him to break it, and Lack 'lio throw lis whole weight in tbo breeching. Hearing nothing but tho crushing of the corn, and not the crash ho expected, he kept backing at a "light lively gait," and never stopped till the entire field was traversed, nearly three hund...

WM. Ik. JACODV, fedlfbr. Wednesday, March II, 1808. Democratic State Ticket. " FOB AUDITOR OENEKAL, IION. CHARLES E. BOYLE, OK FAVBTTE COUNTV. FOB SUttVEYOll OENEBAL, ... .., GEN. WELLINGTON H. ENT, or COLUMBIA COUNTV. The Impeachment Trial. .The President of tb United States is now fairly before tho "Senate for trial on ar ticles of impeachment preferred by. tbo House of Representatives. A summons Las been served on him to appoar before the Senate on Friday next, tho 13th iust.; but whether he will appear in person or by couu Uel is a question. From all that wo can gather he may adopt oithcr course, but judg ing from the revolutionary plans heretofore pursued by the Rump, they may contrive and attempt to carry out a schomo for bring ing the Tresidont in person before their aa ffvet assemblage But wo doubt whether they will be able to induco tho chief magis trate of tho nation of his own froo will and accord to submit to the degradation of ap pearing in the capacity of a criminal be...

1 Wednesday, March ; 186S. W Tui Xi'e Corporal U one of the Wit papers for tho youth publUlied tn the Union. Monthly, at f 1 por pnimm. Ad iieu, Alfred L.'-So wall, Chicago, Illinois, M Wk wish it distinctly understood that w shall not beg any man to,tnko our paper, if he doea not think it iaie'drth tho subscrip tion prioe all be has to do in, leave it with ns. A large arid enthusiastic maw meeting of the Democracy of Berks county, was hold in the city of Reading, on Saturday lost. Hod. Thomas Cliulfuut, of Montour, was vn of the speakers. ' I9(?ol. LeviL. Tat & Co., are ma king arrangotnentJ" to publish a daily papor in the eity of Williamsport, to bo called the Wittiamsporl Morning 'Standard, on or about the first of April next, . It will be Democratic in politics. Success to the en terprise.' W NOTICE by the' proceedings of the jDemocratio State Convention that Michael MinfXEtlT, Esq., of Sullivan county, and Lwut; David Lowenbero, of Columbia iapjinty, have, been appointed D...

, . - : v. ItTTTfTtJ i I. LUjXUAAJU.,'- EHntino Cons is p:iir.L8. Of Into of bili'd, has'ongngd considerable attention nmoDjf gome ofuur best furuicn in various parteof the eountry, and an fur as wo can fcKsprtain it Jg stoadily wintiinu its way into fuvor. On tho largo furms in tho South anf "West if will hardly bo approved, but upon small farms, in affluent toils, whuro it is improper to condense crops, it is highly to bo' commended aqd, , will no doult after, awhilq ho very generally adopted,.. . It uioy require a liulq more labor , in cultivating; but the increased product in corn and fod der will .far overbalance this, arid the saving of timd In planting as the corn-drill is used, is an additional consideration .' , We havc always thought, and frcquenty Eaid in these eolmiius, that there was not nearly as much importance attached to the fodder as its real valuo deserved. - Thcro u nothing easier to cure, and there is nothing that cows and oxen like tetter through tho winctr. If...

WH. II. JACOnV, Editor. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1808. . Democratic State Ticket. FOE AUDITOR GENERAL, HON, CHARLES E. BOYLE, Or FAYETTE COUNTY. ' FOB SURVEYOR GENERAL, GEN. WELLINGTON H. ENT, Or COLUMBIA COUNTY. "To all Whom It may Concern." All those of onr patrons Indebted to us either for job work or subscription to the Democrat, will please make payment be tween tht'i and the first of April next, We have commenced a new volume, and it is our earnest desiro to have all lack subscriptions settled up by the time above stated, and all who do not call and settlo or remit their subscriptions will bo charged two dollars and fifty cents. They have an opportunity now to save fifty cents, will they do it? This notice is intended to apply to thoso only who are in arrean, and we do not wish any subscriber to take offence at it, but if Lc owes the printer, is a friend to tho Demo crat and its principles and desires to sec tho paper sustained, he will walk straight up to the Captain's office (as...

Wednesday, March 18, 1S6S. ' gr Job Work neatly and expeditiously executed at this office, cboap for cash. , 19 Wanted A d welling house, for a mall family. Inquire at this office. .' BO- The Spring Term of E. W. Wyn- ojbjj. it ty.'t School Trill 'cdmmehoo on the Ctn of April noxt ' Fifty Bushels of Potatoes will ' be received at this offico on subscription. . .tiring them along. - t&rTiiK atrocts are drying off rapidly in this town. It it not bad getting along now fot lady pedestrians. The Democratic tickot formed in fhe Respective townships of Bnarcrcck and Con . tro is of the right stripe." IS? We have put a new Carrier on the town route, and thoso not receiving their paper will plcnso notify us. Jfir Great preparations aro being made for putting up a number of fino buildings in this town the coming summer. - 'i m ' ' ; & Scverul flocks of wild pigeons were - ecen fly tog ovcV and about this place on last Monday. . They flew too high for sportsmen. 0p William Lewis sold a...

JivaHICULTURAL, i J" CALVKfr It is more humane, and bettor ,po?icy .besides, to take away the calf wLicli ;H to bfl removed In & few days at farthest, .Woouasit,wdro)p3d. Tho cow "take on" less, and tlio calf dues not uind the jcp era'tion at all. It will Km to drink from a 'jall readily It diet at nrut , mint ho 'its r dam's now 'milk, and atVrtho' Unit week j it nwy bo chanced' gradually to bkiuiuiod ' Wilk mith a littlo oil-meal giucl, or a thin . pejaidgo, . of wheat uidliuga with it iho quantity of meal being increased as itro?fs, . und that of milk Iossonod. Scours may usually bo checked by a littlo scalded duo flour porridge, and constipation by oil-meal. Young calves should bo led four times a day, dividing the periods equully between & or 6 o'clock iu the morning and 9 or 10 at night. After a few dnys throe times a day will be enough. ' Farm Roads. Lay out roads with refer ence to the futuro as well as tlio present wants of the firm. Fust drain tho courso Be well as...